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13Thou didst divide{H8782)} the sea by thy strength: thou brakest{H8765)} the heads of the dragons in the waters.

Psalms 74:13

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

  • He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

  • Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? …

  • Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

  • Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-17)

The lamenting church fastens upon something here which she calls to mind, and therefore hath she hope (as Lam. 3:21), with which she encourages herself and silences her own complaints. Two things quiet the minds of those that are here sorrowing for the solemn assembly:— I. That God is the God of Israel, a God in covenant with his people (Ps. 74:12): God is my King of old . This comes in both as a…

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